Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walker Thomas, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Walker Thomas registered to vote in Victoria County on September 23, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Walker Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walker Thomas
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By act of Congress admitting Texas"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 29 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Harris Co. Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Daschke"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Victoria County
- Fayette Thomasreached Texas about 1866
- Nathaniel Thomasreached Texas about 1851
- William Thomas
Thomases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomas
- Thomason 22
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 18 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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